{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72281 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-72281 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-72281 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-72281 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72281 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72281/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72281/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-72281","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72281/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-72281","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72281","GHSA-2r23-7fx7-5r42","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72281"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel KVM","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A flaw in Linux KVM arm64 memory accounting allows local attackers to cause denial of service by triggering incorrect memory charge drops during VM teardown.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: arm64: account pKVM reclaim against the VM mm\n\nProtected guest faults charge long term pins to the VM's mm. Teardown\ncan run later from file release, where current-\u003emm may be unrelated.\n\nDrop the charge from kvm-\u003emm instead.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"KVM: arm64: account pKVM reclaim against the VM mm","id":"CVE-2026-72281","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"KVM: Move kvm_io_bus_get_dev() locking responsibilities to callers","id":"CVE-2026-72282"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"KVM: arm64: nv: Drop bogus WARN for write to ZCR_EL2","id":"CVE-2026-72280"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-08-15","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-17","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A flaw in Linux KVM arm64 memory accounting allows local attackers to cause denial of service by triggering incorrect memory charge drops during VM teardown.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72281/"}